Well over two years ago I managed to place, in IT recruitment, a working mum, at three days a week, working from home. Now I was pretty pleased with that at the time and she's still in place, billing well. In fact from what I hear she's billing at full-time figures.
So what of this? Well, I've noticed in the candidate-short market we are in, a few more firms are exploring the idea that an experienced, efficient and capable recruiter can run a desk on a part time basis. This of course is going to apply to perms more so than temp or contract, but it's definitely worth considering for employers with gaps to fill and nobody to fill them.
In fact at this very moment I have an excellent part-time role in Bristol which would suit down to the ground someone only wanting to do three days a week. It seems to me that there is a real source of untapped talent out there in the part-time market.
Recruitment (and sales in general) has traditionally been wary of part timers, but I think it's time for employers to really look at why these assumptions are there and decide if perhaps they are more to do with ingrained behaviour and attitude rather than any commercial merit.
Will this trend continue I wonder?
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